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All Locations > Arizona > Southern Arizona > Cochise Stronghold > West Stronghold > The Tombstone > Dark Shadows (5.10+ 6b+ 21 VII+ 20 E3 5b)
Is this Dark Shadows? I've heard this climb is 5.9+
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Climbing this after a snowstorm in February of '08. This is the start we chose, the wide crack that splits the tall pillar is the meat of the route.
The Tombstone. Dark Shadows in the center.
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Costas
Sep 21, 2010
“Is this Dark Shadows? I've heard this climb is 5.9+”  

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Larry
SoAZ
Larry   SoAZ
Bingo. Sep 23, 2010
Andy Bennett
Tucson, AZ
Andy Bennett   Tucson, AZ
Costas, the direct line is allegedly 5.9+. If you take the left roof-traverse variation past a bolt and into the main crack, it's around 10+. Oct 4, 2010
Larry
SoAZ
Larry   SoAZ
I've been led to believe that the route we all know as Dark Shadows is not Dark Shadows. The pictured wide crack is the 9+/10+ on the Tombstone in any case. May 6, 2015

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Is this Dark Shadows? I've heard this climb is 5.9+
The Tombstone. Dark Shadows in the center.
Climbing this after a snowstorm in February of '08. This is the start we chose, the wide crack that splits the tall pillar is the meat of the route.